Paying it forward. It’s the concept that when someone does a good deed for you, you ‘repay’ the original benefactor by performing good deeds for others. All it takes is one person to start the process for a trickle-down effect that tugs on everyone’s heartstrings.

Scott Petersen, 39, is president and owner of PointOne Recruiting Solutions, a management-level recruiting firm specializing in manufacturing, banking and construction. The company donates some of its profits to a charity every year.

Ten fully-loaded, Apple iPads will arrive this week to the Jubilee Academy in Uganda, courtesy of PointOne Recruiting Solutions, an affiliate of MRINetwork, one of the world's largest executive search and recruitment organizations.